Ton Blanker

Ton Blanker
	Blanker (left) playing for Ajax in 1979
Personal information
Full name	Ton Blanker
Date of birth	15 September 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	AFC DWS
1975–1979	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1980	Ajax
1980–1981	Vitória de Guimarães
1981	Real Zaragoza
1982	Salamanca
1982–1983	S.B.V. Excelsior
1983–1986	FC Volendam
1987–1988	Los Angeles Lazers
1988–1989	Germinal Beerschot
1989–1990	Cappellen
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ton Blanker (born 15 September 1960) is a Dutch former professional football player.

Career

Blanker started his career with Ajax winning the 1979–80 Eredivisie, and reaching the Semi-finals in the 1979–80 European Cup,^[1] where he scored four goals against HJK Helsinki in the first round,^[2] then a hat-trick against Omonia in the next round.^[3]

Afterwards, Blanker played abroad for Vitória de Guimarães, Real Zaragoza and Salamanca, then he eventually returned to Eredivisie to play for S.B.V. Excelsior and FC Volendam.^[4]

After a short spell in the United States with Los Angeles Lazers, Blanker played two years in Belgium for Germinal Beerschot and Cappellen.

Blanker is married to Anita Heilker of the Dolly Dots, they had a daughter, Robin.

^ "Column 'vergeten' voetbalhelden: Ton Blanker". nhnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Ajax Amsterdam vs. HJK Helsinki". footballdatabase. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Ajax Amsterdam vs. Omonia Nicosie". footballdatabase. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Ton Blanker". mondedufoot. Retrieved 5 December 2017.